Mothers Day

For Mother's Day - The kids' school/after school school did a little thing for us moms.

We made.... something...everyone got to make their own and then they cooked it for us.

The kids also each got to arrange a basket of flowers for me. It was very sweet.

A small demonstration... of their Chinese ability - not their cooking...

Here's Ashton enjoying the fruits of their labor....

and of course I ate some too... like I wasn't going to, they made it for me...

I won't lie though, I was scared.... damn scared!!

This is Ashton's classmate Apple (yes, that's her name)...

After the party - we (the parents) exchanged phone numbers so they could go to the park together. The next day my son asked his father how you ask someone out on a date!!! When I asked him why he told me "in case he needed to in the future"!!!

She would put a 'leaf' in and take it out 2 or 3 times until it was just right...

I think he was just happy about being able to cut things up...

Need to get it just right....

Here are the finished products - they did a fabulous job!!!!


We filled up our pool this past weekend - it took forever!! Not only that, but it was damn cold. So I did what my mom and grandma use to do for us when we were little... I warmed up water and carried it from the kitchen and poured it into the pool. Then they would scramble and shove and push each other just to try to sit in that small spot of hot water.
Of course I laughed!

At least they're working together!
It doesn't matter how cold it is, a pool is always fun!
I can't tell you how many times I asked if they wanted to get out
and they told me (teeth chattering) -- no it's fine!

Look Ma, I got me a pool boy!!